Oscar ("Ozzie") Raymond Eggers, Ph.D., 84, passed away peacefully at his home. His wife and son were at his side. The cause of death was prostate cancer. He was born to Fred and Minnie Kiel Eggers. He distinguished himself early as a student and as a leader in both Emmaus Elementary School and South Side High School. He married his high school sweetheart, Eleanor Vesey, on January 2, 1942. They were married for 63 years. She survives him. They have one son and a new daughter-in-law. He received his bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Chicago in 1942, shortly after the beginning of World War II. He enlisted in the 13th General Hospital, subsequently being transferred to the Army Specialized Training Program. The army taught him to speak, read, and write Chinese. He was assigned to the Counter Intelligence Corps and spent eight months in the Pacific area. After the war he returned to the University of Chicago to resume his study of sociology, earning a master's degree and a doctor of philosophy degree with honors. The subject of his Ph.D. dissertation was the deculturation of Samoa. He spent a year living in American Samoa studying and writing about the subject. His career centered around the teaching of sociology. He received several awards for excellence in teaching. He taught at Indiana University in Fort Wayne, at the University of Wisconsin in Racine and Kenosha, at Ohio University in Athens, and at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He taught at UMKC for 35 years, retiring in 1991, as a full professor. He was chair of the Sociology Department from 1984 to 1989.
Oscar ("Ozzie") Raymond Eggers, Ph.D., 84, passed away peacefully at his home. His wife and son were at his side. The cause of death was prostate cancer. He was born to Fred and Minnie Kiel Eggers. He distinguished himself early as a student and as a leader in both Emmaus Elementary School and South Side High School. He married his high school sweetheart, Eleanor Vesey, on January 2, 1942. They were married for 63 years. She survives him. They have one son and a new daughter-in-law. He received his bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Chicago in 1942, shortly after the beginning of World War II. He enlisted in the 13th General Hospital, subsequently being transferred to the Army Specialized Training Program. The army taught him to speak, read, and write Chinese. He was assigned to the Counter Intelligence Corps and spent eight months in the Pacific area. After the war he returned to the University of Chicago to resume his study of sociology, earning a master's degree and a doctor of philosophy degree with honors. The subject of his Ph.D. dissertation was the deculturation of Samoa. He spent a year living in American Samoa studying and writing about the subject. His career centered around the teaching of sociology. He received several awards for excellence in teaching. He taught at Indiana University in Fort Wayne, at the University of Wisconsin in Racine and Kenosha, at Ohio University in Athens, and at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He taught at UMKC for 35 years, retiring in 1991, as a full professor. He was chair of the Sociology Department from 1984 to 1989.
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